Replies

"Why would Joe Wilson have been there - he went to Niger in Feb of that year, but did not write the op-ed for another 16 months."

It does make me worry that Vallely has his dates mixed up - though finding out if Wilson was on Fox at all in the first half of 2002 would go a long way toward knowing whether Wilson's emphatic denial in his email to his lawyer is more hot air...... but since Wilson did the Niger trip in Feb. 2002, maybe (speculation) he was setting himself up to be a "TV expert" on the whole of the Middle East, not only Iraq, in the months after so that the could have a platform to oppose any WH moves toward the war that everyone was expecting.... would be interesting to be able to trace the various activities of Richard Clarke, Rand Beers, Joe Wilson, and others in 2002, since they knew that they wanted to oppose the evil neocons on Iraq and keep the US from doing anything about Saddam..... and they were each also surely jockeying to be ready to align themselves with a favorite Democratic candidate long before 2004. Clarke, Beers, and Wilson all saw themselves as great "wise men" in waiting for the Demagogic Party, and at least Beers and Wilson ended up in a close formal relationship with the Kerry campaign while Clarke did his dirty work on national TV and in his stupid book (more shades of Joe Wilson).

This is from http://strata-sphere.com/blog/ which I found while doing a search. I cannot vouch for the accuracy or completenss, but it is a starting point.

Well, when was Wilson possibly in the Green Room with Vallely? In reverse chronological order:

January 10th, 2003 (Vallely, Wilson). Wilson was on John Gibson’s show this day. Which is why Gibson has similar recollections to General Vallely. Vallely was on Cavuto which airs right before Gibson’s show.

November 18, 2002 (Vallely, Wilson). Vallely was scheduled for 1:10, Wilson was to be on after 3:00 PM.

October 1, 2003 (Vallely, Wilson). Wilson was on Fox and Friends in the morning, Vallely on Cavuto. Depending on when Vallely came in to tape his section they could have met up.

September 12, 2002 - they were on the same show at 3:00 PM.

August 20, 2002 (Vallely, Wilson). Wilson was on Greta and Vallely on Cavuto. Depending on when/if things were taped the could have run into each other.

maybe (speculation) he was setting himself up to be a "TV expert" on the whole of the Middle East, not only Iraq, in the months after so that the could have a platform to oppose any WH moves toward the war that everyone was expecting....

^^^^^^

I guess we will have to listen to John Batchelor tomorrow night. If this wasn't so serious, it would be a great reality show!

I especially want to hear about the top-notch "internet attorney" who forwards emails with sensitive notes attached === I [am] also urging Paul Vallely to insist Wilson apologize for accusing Vallely of "slanderous" conduct in an e-mail that Wilson wrote to Wolf that was inadvertently included in the original demand e-mail to Vallely.